Latest News
Read our latest status update on the Scottish Government’s emergency funds for creativity and culture being delivered through Creative Scotland.
Published:
01 Oct 2020
Thanks to National Lottery players and a Scottish Government funding boost of £3.5million, a total of over £1.68million has reached creative freelancers and organisations between May and August 2020 through our Open Fund: Sustaining Creative Development.
Published:
30 Sep 2020
YDance (Scottish Youth Dance) and award-wining theatre company Glass Performance have been awarded £410,000 by Scottish Government programme CashBack for Communities for a brand-new arts project - CashBack for Change.
Published:
25 Sep 2020
59 venues across Scotland have received a total of £4.74million from the open call for applications to the Scottish Government’s Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund through Creative Scotland.
Published:
24 Sep 2020
A lone piper, a Sunday Times best-selling author, and the world-premiere of Alexander McCall Smith and Tom Cunningham’s new song cycle celebrating St Ninian, and other early Scottish saints, will provide the stylish launch line-up for Wigtown Book Festival.
Published:
24 Sep 2020
A new manifesto calling for radical change in the arts will be launched on Thursday 8 October. Not Going Back to Normal has been created following an open call out to disabled artists.
Published:
23 Sep 2020
From Melrose to Kirkwall, Portree to Kirkcaldy, 72 venues across Scotland have received a total of £2.2million through the Scottish Government’s Grassroots Music Venues Stabilisation Fund through Creative Scotland.
Published:
22 Sep 2020
Screen Scotland today announces a new Screen Hardship Fund offering support to those experiencing immediate financial hardship due to the loss of income as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Published:
21 Sep 2020
£3m has been allocated to support youth arts and ensure creative opportunities for children and young people continue to exist across Scotland despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published:
17 Sep 2020
Campaigning cultural organisations We Shall Not Be Removed, Ramps on the Moon, Attitude is Everything, Paraorchestra and What Next? have joined together to create a new guide for the arts and entertainment sectors to support disability inclusion.
Published:
16 Sep 2020
